Back in May, we showed you a sneak peek of Amy Butler wallpaper and guess what? It’s now available at Graham & Brown!
Lovely, don’t you think? Check out all of Amy Butler’s wallpapers over at Graham & Brown. And not only would this be great wallpaper, I’m thinking it would make some really excellent drawer liners, or accents for the back of cabinets.
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Today I’m loving these little handmade works of art from sarah & bendrix. Simple and sweet!
The heat index is suppose to be 110 degrees here today. You can bet that I’m going to be hanging out at the pool later today. I just wish it looked something like this.
This pool was designed by Andres Remy Architects. Isn’t it dreamy?
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So now that you’ve traveled through various parts of Italy here and here, let’s look at some different types of architecture. Once we move past the rolling hills of central Italy we head north into the mountains, and the Alps! It’s much more wooded, and since there’s plenty of wood, the architecture reflects that. Many of the home and building styles here have more wood ornamentation as well as painted on decor.
Notice the wood framing on this building.
I loved that pretty much every house had the cutest little wooden flower boxes underneath the windows!
This area also has many stone castles. This is Castle Neuschwanstein. If it looks slightly familiar, it’s because Disneylands’s Sleeping Beauty castle was based off of this one.
Here’s an example of some of the painted on decor. Many of the homes and buildings had this.
Another example of the painted on mural.
And we can’t forget the little strawberry stand. The strawberries we purchased from this stand were, quite literally, the best I’ve ever had!
I promised that when I got back from my Europe trip I would share how it went. Well, there are really no words to describe what an experience we had, but it was fabulous! I’ll share some photos over the next few days so that you can visit with me! Here are some selected photos from Rome:
Basalt paver stones at the Roman Forum. Julias Ceasar walked on these stones…so cool that they are still there after all the years!
Architectural ruins from the Roman Forum. I LOVE architectural pieces!
Some more stone carvings. Love the simple, but elegant feel to the flourishes and flowers.
The Colosseum. I find it fascinating that at one point, they would put up sail cloths to shade the spectators. I wonder how long that took them?
Metal stars on a square in Rome. I wish all places in the US were planned with this much thought to the details!
Gelato! Yes, it was delicious! Once I get moved, I’m going to work on finding the best, most authentic gelato recipe I can find. I’ll share, I promise! (Did you know that gelato is more healthy than ice cream? Well, as healthy as a frozen dessert can get!)
The pantheon. Beautiful building. Unfortunately they were doing some renovations on the exterior so my only pictures are of the inside. The large bronze doors leading into the space were about 12″ thick. Needless to say, they were huge!
Some stairs in the Vatican. The Vatican was amazing!
Tomorrow I’ll show you some of Florence, Venice, and the Italian countryside! (Probably my favorite part, other than the Alps, and maybe Paris…)
